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TUI fly Netherlands Boeing 787 diverts to Düsseldorf over medical emergency

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A TUI fly Netherlands Boeing 787-8 made an unscheduled landing at Düsseldorf Airport on 31 August after a passenger suffered a medical emergency.

Flight OR191, operated by aircraft PH-TFK, was travelling from Mombasa to Amsterdam when the crew diverted to Düsseldorf to enable the passenger to receive medical assistance. The service had originated in Zanzibar before making its scheduled stop in Mombasa.

Flight-tracking data show that the Dreamliner left Mombasa at approximately 13:15 local time and landed in Düsseldorf at around 20:33 CEST following an eight-hour flight.

After spending just over an hour on the ground, the aircraft departed Düsseldorf at approximately 21:42 and continued to Amsterdam, where it landed at around 22:13.

No information has been released about the nature of the medical emergency or the passenger’s condition.

Source: aeroTELEGRAPH, with supplementary flight data from Flightradar24.

This post was published on 2 September 2026 22:18

André Orban

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